HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1470 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
MONDAY APRIL 2 2007
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners held a Special Meeting on Monday,
April 2, 2007, at 6:00 P.M., in the Agricultural Resource Center, 444 Bristol Drive, Statesville,
NC.
Board Members Present
Chairman Marvin Norman
Vice Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Steve Johnson
Ken Robertson
Godfrey Williams
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, County Attorney Bill Pope, Deputy
County Manager Susan Blumenstein, and Clerk to the Board Jean C. Moore
PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING: The purpose of the meeting was to allow
the Iredell-Statesville Board of Education, and school staff, the opportunity to present a proposal
regarding the purchase of 96 acres of land known as the Dana Corporation property (1293
Glenway Drive, Statesville, NC).
Attending the meeting from the school system were:
Board of Education members:
Dr. David Cash, Chairman
Dr. Ken Wilson, Vice Chairman
Bill Brater
Charles Kelly
John Rogers
Karen Watson
Keith Williams
I -S School staff:
Dr. Terry Holliday, Superintendent
Rob Jackson, Director of School Construction
Dr. Kenny Miller, Director of Maintenance Services
(Other central office staff and educational personnel also attended.)
CALL TO ORDER OF COMMISSIONERS: Chairman Norman called the board of
commissioners to order. (The school board was already in session.)
Dr. Cash said a Dana project feasibility study, with costs up to $200,000 had been
authorized, but the final environment report was still pending.
Dr. Holliday said that if another interested party upset the property bid, I -SS could recoup
the $200,000. He noted, however, that if I -SS did not follow through, the $200,000 would be
lost.
Dr. Holliday, Dr. Miller, and Rob Jackson then gave a presentation on the property and
noted the industrial building had 10 acres under roof. (The building has one-half million square
feet.)
Key points in the presentation were as follows: